Microsoft 365 Contracts in London

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 54 46
Rank change year-on-year -9 -8 +16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 365 506 704 1,201
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.92% 4.03% 4.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.16% 10.15% 12.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 524 910
10th Percentile £200 £175 £165
25th Percentile £250 £240 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £422 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% -0.71% -3.41%
75th Percentile £538 £553 £600
90th Percentile £669 £700 £743
England median daily rate £325 £375 £375
% change year-on-year -13.33% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 21 21
10th Percentile £22.50 £15.50 £15.25
25th Percentile £23.00 £20.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £24.66 £22.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.60% -6.25% -28.89%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.00 £37.00
90th Percentile £29.63 £27.00 £64.50
England median hourly rate £18.87 £17.28 £20.00
% change year-on-year +9.22% -13.61% +14.29%

All Cloud Skills
London

Microsoft 365 falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,522 6,939 10,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.82% 39.71% 39.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,737 5,097 7,373
10th Percentile £350 £350 £370
25th Percentile £425 £450 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £788 £788
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 63 74
10th Percentile £22.70 £18.22 £19.25
25th Percentile £25.08 £22.04 £25.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £26.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -53.78% +32.35%
75th Percentile £48.75 £38.44 £78.75
90th Percentile £67.50 £57.00 £89.49
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £32.30
% change year-on-year +14.32% -31.89% +50.23%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in London over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft 365 in London over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft 365 in London

Microsoft 365
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the London region over the 6 months to 1 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -3 101 £425 -5.56% 222
South London +10 21 £335 +49.00% 29
West London +11 16 £250 -16.67% 53
East London -2 5 £585 +17.00% 74
North London -2 2 £481 +48.08% 11
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 141 (27.87%) SharePoint
2 96 (18.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.19%) Confluence
4 5 (0.99%) CMS
5 4 (0.79%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (0.59%) IIS
7 2 (0.40%) Drupal
7 2 (0.40%) nginx
7 2 (0.40%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.20%) JBoss
8 1 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 64 (12.65%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.79%) InfoPath
6 2 (0.40%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.20%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.20%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (0.99%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.59%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.40%) Alphatax
3 2 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.20%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 245 (48.42%) Azure
2 140 (27.67%) Entra ID
3 70 (13.83%) Power Platform
4 64 (12.65%) OneDrive
5 39 (7.71%) AWS
5 39 (7.71%) PowerApps
6 36 (7.11%) SaaS
7 34 (6.72%) Power Automate
8 31 (6.13%) IaaS
9 24 (4.74%) Microsoft Copilot
9 24 (4.74%) PaaS
10 18 (3.56%) Microsoft Purview
11 17 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (3.36%) Google Workspace
12 16 (3.16%) Mimecast
13 14 (2.77%) Asana
14 13 (2.57%) Slack
15 11 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (2.17%) GCP
16 10 (1.98%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 51 (10.08%) DNS
2 48 (9.49%) Firewall
3 44 (8.70%) VPN
4 35 (6.92%) Wi-Fi
5 32 (6.32%) DHCP
6 31 (6.13%) TCP/IP
7 26 (5.14%) WAN
8 22 (4.35%) LAN
9 12 (2.37%) Wireless
10 10 (1.98%) MPLS
11 9 (1.78%) SD-WAN
12 8 (1.58%) VLAN
13 7 (1.38%) SAN
14 6 (1.19%) IP Telephony
14 6 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
14 6 (1.19%) VoIP
15 5 (0.99%) DMARC
15 5 (0.99%) NetScaler
16 4 (0.79%) Network Security
16 4 (0.79%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.34%) Power BI
2 21 (4.15%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.58%) Tableau
4 7 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.99%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (0.99%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.79%) Metadata
8 3 (0.59%) MS Access
8 3 (0.59%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.59%) Power Query
8 3 (0.59%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.40%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.40%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (4.35%) JIRA
2 4 (0.79%) Git
3 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.40%) MSI
5 1 (0.20%) GitLab
5 1 (0.20%) Mercurial
General
1 188 (37.15%) Social Skills
2 147 (29.05%) Finance
3 55 (10.87%) Banking
4 38 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (7.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (5.93%) Public Sector
7 27 (5.34%) Legal
8 24 (4.74%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.77%) Law
10 12 (2.37%) Local Government
11 11 (2.17%) Marketing
12 10 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.38%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.19%) Spanish Language
15 5 (0.99%) Games
15 5 (0.99%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.79%) Electronics
17 3 (0.59%) Advertising
17 3 (0.59%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 99 (19.57%) Support Engineer
2 59 (11.66%) Analyst
2 59 (11.66%) IT Support
3 56 (11.07%) Architect
4 47 (9.29%) IT Engineer
5 38 (7.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 36 (7.11%) IT Support Engineer
7 31 (6.13%) Desktop Support
8 29 (5.73%) Senior
9 27 (5.34%) Support Analyst
10 26 (5.14%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 25 (4.94%) 2nd Line Support
11 25 (4.94%) Desktop Engineer
12 22 (4.35%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 21 (4.15%) Consultant
14 20 (3.95%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 20 (3.95%) Developer
14 20 (3.95%) Lead
14 20 (3.95%) Windows Engineer
15 19 (3.75%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.98%) .NET
2 9 (1.78%) REST
3 8 (1.58%) Microsoft Graph
4 7 (1.38%) HTML
5 6 (1.19%) CSS
6 5 (0.99%) Software Packaging
7 4 (0.79%) ARM Templates
7 4 (0.79%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.79%) React
7 4 (0.79%) RESTful
7 4 (0.79%) Web Services
8 3 (0.59%) Azure Blueprints
8 3 (0.59%) EDI
8 3 (0.59%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.59%) OAuth
8 3 (0.59%) SAML
8 3 (0.59%) SPFx
9 2 (0.40%) CSS3
9 2 (0.40%) HTML5
9 2 (0.40%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.34%) Onboarding
2 22 (4.35%) Data Centre
2 22 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
3 14 (2.77%) Management Information System
4 11 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (2.17%) Low-Code
5 9 (1.78%) Private Cloud
6 8 (1.58%) Driving Licence
6 8 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (1.58%) iPhone
7 7 (1.38%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.38%) iPad
7 7 (1.38%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.19%) CMDB
8 6 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.19%) Public Cloud
9 5 (0.99%) PKI
9 5 (0.99%) Smartphone
10 4 (0.79%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 263 (51.98%) Windows
2 104 (20.55%) Windows 10
3 48 (9.49%) Windows Server
4 40 (7.91%) Mac OS
5 33 (6.52%) Android
6 30 (5.93%) Apple iOS
7 15 (2.96%) Linux
8 12 (2.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (1.98%) Windows 7
10 6 (1.19%) VMS
11 4 (0.79%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.40%) Debian
13 2 (0.40%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.40%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (19.17%) ITIL
2 83 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (14.43%) Migration
4 66 (13.04%) Customer Service
5 53 (10.47%) Agile
6 51 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management
7 48 (9.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 43 (8.50%) ITSM
9 42 (8.30%) Roadmaps
10 39 (7.71%) User Experience
11 38 (7.51%) DevOps
12 34 (6.72%) Asset Management
12 34 (6.72%) Project Management
12 34 (6.72%) Service Management
13 33 (6.52%) Cybersecurity
13 33 (6.52%) Project Delivery
14 29 (5.73%) Data Loss Prevention
15 28 (5.53%) Business Intelligence
15 28 (5.53%) Identity Management
16 26 (5.14%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 77 (15.22%) PowerShell
2 26 (5.14%) SQL
3 25 (4.94%) Python
4 12 (2.37%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.98%) C#
6 6 (1.19%) Bash
7 5 (0.99%) Bicep
8 3 (0.59%) Java
8 3 (0.59%) VBA
9 2 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.40%) Perl
9 2 (0.40%) PHP
9 2 (0.40%) R
9 2 (0.40%) Ruby
9 2 (0.40%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.40%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.40%) VB
10 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.20%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 52 (10.28%) Security Cleared
2 49 (9.68%) SC Cleared
3 34 (6.72%) Degree
4 29 (5.73%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (2.77%) Azure Certification
6 11 (2.17%) PMI Certification
6 11 (2.17%) PMP
7 10 (1.98%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.58%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (0.99%) CISSP
10 4 (0.79%) MCSA
11 3 (0.59%) CISA
11 3 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.59%) CISM
11 3 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.59%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.59%) MCSE
12 2 (0.40%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.40%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.15%) SLA
2 15 (2.96%) GDPR
3 13 (2.57%) NIST
4 12 (2.37%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.98%) PMO
6 6 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.19%) QA
7 4 (0.79%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.59%) COBIT
8 3 (0.59%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.40%) GRC
9 2 (0.40%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.20%) NCSC
10 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 234 (46.25%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (3.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (1.98%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.78%) Microsoft App-V
6 8 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (1.58%) vSphere
7 4 (0.79%) XenApp
8 3 (0.59%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.40%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.20%) Docker
10 1 (0.20%) Firmware
10 1 (0.20%) Xen
Systems Management
1 118 (23.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (8.89%) SCCM
3 18 (3.56%) Terraform
4 11 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.38%) HP ALM
6 6 (1.19%) Kubernetes
7 4 (0.79%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.40%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.40%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.40%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.40%) QRadar
8 2 (0.40%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 1 (0.20%) CASB
9 1 (0.20%) Grafana
9 1 (0.20%) Istio
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.20%) vRealize
9 1 (0.20%) VxRail
Vendors
1 345 (68.18%) Microsoft
2 50 (9.88%) ServiceNow
3 40 (7.91%) Cisco
4 33 (6.52%) VMware
5 29 (5.73%) Citrix
6 27 (5.34%) Apple
7 21 (4.15%) HP
8 18 (3.56%) Google
9 16 (3.16%) Dell
10 13 (2.57%) Zscaler
11 9 (1.78%) Adobe
11 9 (1.78%) Meraki
11 9 (1.78%) Palo Alto
11 9 (1.78%) Remedy
12 8 (1.58%) Proofpoint
13 7 (1.38%) Okta
13 7 (1.38%) Salesforce
14 6 (1.19%) Bloomberg
14 6 (1.19%) CrowdStrike
14 6 (1.19%) CyberArk